The Paper's reporter Ma Zuoyu and Pu Yaolei are from Tokyo
It was a night called "King Fried" by many Chinese track and field fans.
On the evening of August 3, at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, Wang Zheng and Wang Chunyu, two Chinese female athletes, achieved eye-catching results in their respective events - the former in the women's chain ball final with the last shot, a new personal best, won the silver medal, and equaled the best record in the history of Chinese women's chain ball.
The latter ran 1 minute and 57 seconds in the women's 800m final, also a new personal best, although fifth, but set the best in the history of Chinese athletics in this event.
Sassao King Spring Rain.
Compared with Wang Zheng's silver medal in the traditional advantage project, Wang Chunyu's fifth place in the middle sprint is not inferior to a medal at all.
More importantly, in the past 10 months, the 26-year-old girl has withstood many doubts and pressures, and with the help of foreign teachers, she has finally proved that her efforts and persistence are rewarded.
On the night of breaking her personal record and rewriting the history of Chinese athletics, Wang Chunyu cried, her tears mixed with the surprise of breaking through herself, the joy of writing history, and the regret and unwillingness to miss medals.
Wang Chunyu was a little reluctant after the game.
"I have prepared all the award clothes"
From the arena to the mixed interview area, Wang Chunyu, who usually loves to laugh, almost cried and walked over. Before the reporters waiting in the interview area had time to ask questions, the tears and sweat on Wang Chunyu's face were already intertwined.
"I didn't stand on the podium, so it's a shame." Wang Chunyu choked up and told reporters that his personal best of 1 minute and 57 seconds was still happy, "but the regret of missing a medal is even greater." ”
Interestingly, just a day ago, after the semi-finals, Wang Chunyu laughed and joked with reporters, "In the next game, if I don't run down a step, I am also eighth, but I think I can't be eighth, so I want to fight for a better place." ”
In fact, this "better ranking" in Wang Chunyu's mouth is actually the top three in the women's 800m final.
"Today in my heart, I still want to hit the medals, in fact, I have prepared all the medals."
Wang Chunyu set a new personal best in the final.
Looking back at this "milestone" race in Chinese athletics sprinting, Wang Chunyu did use different tactics from the beginning than the previous two games, closely following the three players of the First Group when they were tied. After the first 400 meters, Wang Chunyu spent less than 58 seconds, which was already her best performance in the previous race.
However, for Wang Chunyu, who stood on the stage of the Olympic final for the first time, the strength of the opponent was indeed too strong - this was a veritable peak showdown, and 7 of the 8 players in the final set their best results.
Not only that, the champion of this race, Atin Mu, ran 1:55.21, setting a new national record in the United States; runner-up Hodkinson, who set a new British national record in 1:55.88; Rogers, who won the bronze medal, also set a new personal best.
"I didn't expect to win the championship today at a level of 1 minute and 55 seconds." Wang Chunyu admitted after the game that this was the first time she had experienced such a high-level duel, and even so, she still accelerated in the final 100 meters, surpassing two opponents.
"The level of this game is very high, it should be considered quite good in these Olympic Games."
Wang Chunyu crossed the finish line.
Foreign coach Randy's tactics
The ambition and courage to have such a newborn calf that is not afraid of tigers actually comes from randy Huntington, a foreign teacher behind her.
As Su Bingtian's head coach, Huntington began coaching Wang Chunyu's training and competition 10 months ago. In fact, according to Wang Chunyu, Huntington can not be regarded as her supervisor coach, but only helps her arrange training plans and improve her personal ability through "remote guidance".
But it is the guidance of the past 10 months that has "carved" a Wang Chunyu who has the ability to rush to the podium.
"A lot of people have a misconception about our project, maybe they don't pay so much attention to speed, but if there's no speed on this field, I can't win anybody." Wang Chunyu talked about Huntington's help more than once in an interview, including his improvement in Wang Chunyu's short-distance speed and explosiveness.
However, in addition to the help of technical ability, Huntington's biggest "transformation" of Wang Chunyu is to give her enough confidence.
Randy Huntington remodeled Su Bingtian and Wang Chunyu.
"When no one else believes I can do it, Randy believes in me." When it comes to emotion, Wang Chunyu cried again, "He has always encouraged me, in his heart, he feels that I can not only stand on the podium, he feels that I can beat anyone, and I also fully trust him." ”
It is also the power of this "belief" that makes Wang Chunyu faster and faster - in the previous Olympic qualification match, Wang Chunyu ran out of 1 minute 59 seconds 42 seconds to successfully get the Olympic ticket, and in the invitational tournament in Hangzhou, she won the championship in 1 minute 59 seconds 18.
"Maybe in some people's eyes, this old man [Huntington] may be a little too confident, but I think as a coach, he knows his players, so I will also trust the training and tactics he has given me."
Wang Chunyu also revealed that her tactics in the final were different from the previous games, which Huntington arranged for her before the game, "Randy watched every game of Atting Mu and then found that she ran in the middle of 1 and 2 lanes after the merger, so he asked me to run like this as much as possible, and Atting Mu did run like this, but I didn't follow." ”
During the conversation, Wang Chunyu choked up a little, because she felt that she had not completed the tactics of Coach Huntington, so she missed the podium...
Wang Chunyu's lucky red-headed rope.
"Make up for it with the next game, definitely"
Wang Chunyu longs for such "belief" because she understands what it is like to not be able to get the trust of the coach and what it will definitely be.
Two years ago, when Wang Chunyu trained with another American foreign teacher in Eugene, Wang Chunyu was often compared to her teammates by this foreign teacher.
"Maybe the training method of another foreign coach at that time was not so suitable for me, and she wondered why my teammates could run 1 minute and 58 seconds through training in the game, but I couldn't run."
In Wang Chunyu's view, perhaps two years ago, his ability really did not reach the current height, so that he could not show the training results of the coach at that time, but it was definitely not "afraid of suffering and refusing to train".
On weekdays, Wang Chunyu's personality is very grinning, but it is very strong, "I am not afraid of tiredness, I am not not working hard, and I am not without the spirit of struggle." ”
This breakthrough at the Tokyo Olympics is more convincing than any explanation.
"The players I compared to that time were really strong, but now I can run to 1 minute and 57 seconds, and I think I'm good enough to beat the American girl at that time."
This is also the biggest gain of Wang Chunyu's trip to Tokyo, "This regret (not standing on the podium) will be made up for by the next game, and next year Eugene will be better, definitely." ”
Wang Chunyu in the game.
Motivate yourself with "buying a bag"
Just as she was running into the semifinals, Wang Chunyu promised herself a reward — then if she reached the final, she would go to the nail shop in the Olympic Village to do a nail.
In the mixed interview area after the final, Wang Chunyu also showed her "reward" to media reporters.
In fact, in the interview just after the semi-finals, Wang Chunyu also said that there was a bigger reward - that is, if she spelled out a good result in the final, she would "buy a bag" for herself.
However, when the reporters asked after the final, "Do you want to buy a bag for yourself", Wang Chunyu, with tears in his eyes, smiled shyly, "Or prepare for the next National Games." ”
Regarding the reward of "buying a bag", in fact, Wang Chunyu has been in his heart for a long time, but he has not really cashed in. She herself said the reason behind it, "because I feel that there are better results and bigger goals waiting for me." ”
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